Fleurieu Peninsula Parks and Wildlife
Get back to nature
Natural beauty on the Fleurieu Peninsula is only a five minute walk from the car park at Deep Creek Conservation Park. You’ll be right in the middle of a eucalyptus forest.
Walk further along the path. Kangaroos will raise their heads, to watch you pass. Deep Creek Conservation Park is one of many parks on the Fleurieu Peninsula.
Quite a few parks allow camping and bushwalking along paths, often to where you’ll find a hidden waterfall or secret gully. There’s even one that will take you to the ruins of a copper mine and settlement, now almost consumed by the bush.
Heysen Trail
The beautiful Heysen Trail enters the Fleurieu Peninsula near Kuitpo Forest. Take in Mount Magnificent, Hindmarsh Tiers and Inman Valley before heading to the coast at Waitpinga, straight through the Deep Creek Conservation Park. The very end of the trail is at Cape Jervis, where you can look over the ocean to the distant blue haze of Kangaroo Island.
The Fleurieu Peninsula has an abundance of protected bushland and is full of wildlife. There are platypuses but these creatures are very shy, so a sighting is rare. You’ll often see snuffling echidnas though and many lizards.
Lakes and the Coorong
Bird life thrives in the Coorong and Goolwa. Pelicans are common. Cormorants hunt for fish and then hang their wings out to dry while they watch the less skilled humans. Pairs of black cockatoos fly overhead, calling to each other. Wedge-tailed eagles circle high in the air on thermal currents.
Dolphins play into Horseshoe Bay. Whales slap their tails and nudge their calves along Basham Beach during the winter and spring.
Take a walk along the causeway to Granite Island and you might see seals lazing on rocks. Many visitors stay for the twilight tour so they can see the little penguins come ashore.
Things to do
Here are some great ideas for you to try while you’re in the area.
What's on
There are plenty of events on in the Fleurieu Peninsula. Here are some ideas you might like.
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